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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
NGK Insulators, Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/12 ;
Abstract
A honeycomb structural body is formed by a plurality of first wall portions, a plurality of second wall portions and a plurality of cross portions. Moreover, through holes of the honeycomb structural body are respectively defined by the first wall portion, the second wall portion and the cross portion. Further, a center portion of the first wall portion is formed by a sub material other than a main material which constitutes the honeycomb structural body. The honeycomb structural body having the structure mentioned above has excellent mechanical strength and spalling resistance.